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Mooring F0136 : Penobscot Bay


Latitude: 44° 3.29´N
Longitude: 68° 59.83´W
Location Description: Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven
Deployed: May 05 2024
Coast Guard Light List Letter: F
Coast Guard Light List Number 4052
Water Depth: 110 meters (361 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 75 meters (246 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Dec 04, 08 AM EST
Last GOES Transmission: Dec 04, 07 AM EST
Latest Event:
May 05, 12 PM EDT
Deployed by R/V Connecticut

Specialized Plots:
Temperature, Salinity, Density: Temperature, Salinity, Density (Deployment Only):

Text Reports: Surface, Ocean, Currents OR Data Download (All data for this location)

Sensor Information (this deployment only)

Latest Conditions:

Click on the graph icons below to see time series plots of the listed variables. The latest conditions are in local time but all plots are in GMT(Summer EDT is 4 hours behind GMT; Winter EST is 5 hours behind GMT; Atlantic AST is always 4 hours behind GMT).

We follow the convention that depth is measure positive "down". That's why parameters like wind speed have negative depths attached to them! The latest eastward and northward subsurface currents are displayed at a subset of available depths; no plots are presently available for current velocity vectors below 2m. Click here for additional Information.

Variable (measurement depth in meters) Last
Observation		 Last
Update
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Recent Data
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Significant Wave Height (0m)0.7 meters (2.2 ft)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)5.3 seconds Dec 04 8:00 AM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)0.8 meters (2.6 ft)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)4.8 seconds Dec 04 8:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)173.0 degrees Dec 04 8:00 AM
Air Temperature (-3m)2.2 C (36.0 F)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Visibility (-3m)Sensor FailureDec 04 8:00 AM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1008.3 millibars Dec 04 8:00 AM
Wind Direction (-4m)WNWDec 04 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)WestDec 04 8:00 AM
Wind Speed (-4m)6.1 m/s (14 mph, 12 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)6.6 m/s (15 mph, 13 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Wind Gust (-4m)7.4 m/s (17 mph, 14 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)8.1 m/s (18 mph, 16 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (1m)Sensor FailureJan 10 7:00 PM
Water Temperature (2m)8.0 C (46.4 F) Dec 04 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (10m)8.1 C (46.5 F) Dec 04 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (20m)8.1 C (46.5 F) Dec 04 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (50m)8.1 C (46.6 F) Dec 04 8:00 AM
Salinity (1m)Sensor FailureJan 10 7:00 PM
Salinity (10m)31.9 psu Dec 04 8:00 AM
Salinity (20m)31.5 psu Dec 04 8:00 AM
Salinity (50m)32.4 psu Dec 04 8:00 AM
Pressure (10m)10.2 decibars Dec 04 8:00 AM
Pressure (50m)50.2 decibars Dec 04 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (1m)Sensor FailureJan 10 7:00 PM
Sigma-T (10m)24.8 kg/m^3 Dec 04 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (20m)24.6 kg/m^3 Dec 04 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (50m)25.2 kg/m^3 Dec 04 8:00 AM
Current Direction (2m)SouthDec 04 8:00 AM
Current Speed (2m)11.4 cm/s (0.22 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (2m)-0.4 cm/s (-0.01 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (10m)21.8 cm/s (0.42 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (14m)20.2 cm/s (0.39 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (18m)7.7 cm/s (0.15 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (22m)3.9 cm/s (0.08 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (50m)-1.2 cm/s (-0.02 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (2m)-11.4 cm/s (-0.22 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (10m)1.5 cm/s (0.03 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (14m)0.8 cm/s (0.02 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (18m)10.3 cm/s (0.20 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (22m)12.9 cm/s (0.25 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (50m)40.3 cm/s (0.78 kts)Dec 04 8:00 AM

Measured Ocean Currents and Wind Stress

Hourly averaged wind stress at 4 m and currents (rotated to true north) at 2 m (current meter) and from 10 m to a maximum of 126 m (Doppler).
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Entire Position History:

How to Read a Stick Plot

Wind and Residual Ocean Currents

Measured winds and currents which are low-pass filtered to remove tidal currents. Winds at 4 m above sea surface, surface currents at a depth of 2 m, and doppler currents at 4 meter bins from 10 meters to a maximum of 126 meters.
Latest Month's:
This Deployment:
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How to Read a Stick Plot

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